Vitellogenetic defects in hybrids of the species pair Drosophila virilis and Drosophila texana

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-295

  Lamnissou, Klea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drosophila texana; Drosophila virilis; vitellogenesis in hybrid females; yolk proteins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA AMERICANA TEXANA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS;

EID: 0029971168     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:4<289::AID-DVG2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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